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Delivering the Goods21st Century Challenges to Urban

Goods Transport

Yuri Furusawa

OECD Transport Division 14 November 2003

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Working Group on Urban Freight Logistics

� Project started in November 2001� Industry participation � Approach� Identify: developments, problems, and

country practices � Recommend: policy framework and

measures

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KEY DEVELOPMENTS

� Society and policy making- service and information society- ageing and individualisation of society- urbanisation - sustainable development as guiding vision in countries- participation of all stakeholders in policy making

� Freight transport- world-wide supply chain management- demand for J-I-T and frequent delivery- e-commerce requiring fast and reliable delivery

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CONSEQUENCES

� increasing demand for goods transport� urban goods transport more integrated with

long haul transport� demand for frequent and flexible deliveries -

favoring road transport� increase in usage of small delivery vans� efficient urban goods transport vital for

- successful SCM, e-commerce- sustainable development

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PROBLEMS� Accessibility (due to insufficient infrastructure,

access restrictions and congestion)� Environmental issues

- local air pollution, noise, vibration (e.g. SOx: London 43%, Marseille 32%

NOx: Prague 50%, Tokyo 77%) - global problems/CO2

� Energy consumption

� Safety

� Negative perceptions of urban goods transport

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MEMBER COUNTRY PRACTICES

� 14 Countries - case studies- Australia - Belgium- Czech Republic - Denmark- France - Germany- Italy - Japan- Korea - Spain- Sweden - The Netherlands - The United Kingdom - The United States

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RECOMMENDATIONS

NEED POLICY FRAMEWORKlocal single-shot measures are often not sufficient

� National/State governments initiatives crucial provide policy objective “ Sustainable urban goods transport” and frameworks

� Need consultative planning- Public Private Partnerships found helpful

� Integration of policies and measures across sectors is important

� Enhance developments in private sector

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RECOMMENDATIONS MEASURES AND ACTIONS (1)

� Active measures needed to increase awareness and knowledge (lack of awareness and knowledge is serious!) - make local transport plans (e.g. U.K., France, Korea)

� Evaluation methods and data are prerequisites for effective measures (lack of evaluation results in unexpected side-effects)- e.g. Netherlands checklist, France FERTURB

� Consolidation is a key to achieving sustainable urban goods transport - e.g. centre Tokyo

NOx 47%PM 51%illegal parking 46%

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RECOMMENDATIONSMEASURES AND ACTIONS (2)

� Regulations need to be harmonised, standardised, stable, easy to enforceand cost-effective- important for operators as well as vehicle manufacturing

- technology development supports enforcement

� Infrastructure capacity should be more imaginatively used on a 24 hour basis- mixed use of streets- night deliveries with quieter operationsIVECO estimate: 8-13% shift to night-time in Europe

time savings (billionEuro):40(passenger),10(freight)

6-7% reduction in total urban transport emissions

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RECOMMENDATIONSMEASURES AND ACTIONS (3)

� Cleaner, low noise and more energy-efficient vehicles need to be promoted through:

- financial assistance (e.g. U.K., the Netherlands)- incentives (e.g. environmental zones in Denmark, Sweden)� Adequate logistic facilities need to be provided- loading/unloading zones: carefully planned, strictly enforced - off-road facilities in buildings - (e.g. Paris)

facilities for transshipment Before After

and home deliverye.g. experiment in Tokyo

designated delivery routes

with parking

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RECOMMENDATIONSMEASURES AND ACTIONS (4)

� Reduce safety risks by- providing infrastructure- strengthening control- raising awareness of safety issues

� Technological innovation can support sustainable urban goods transport- use of ICT in access restrictions, loading/unloading zones- vehicle tracking and scheduling systems

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RECOMMENDATIONSMEASURES AND ACTIONS (5)

Development still in initial phase . . .� Need further study and international co-

operation- common challenges - share best practices - harmonise regulations, standards, data collection